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<h1 align="center">MSGFMT</h1>

<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<h2>NAME
<a name="NAME"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgfmt -
compile message catalog to binary format</p>

<h2>SYNOPSIS
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgfmt</b>
[<i>OPTION</i>] <i>filename.po</i> ...</p>

<h2>DESCRIPTION
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Generate binary
message catalog from textual translation description.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too. Similarly for optional arguments.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
location:</b> <br>
filename.po ...</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>,
<b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input
files search</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file
is -, standard input is read.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Operation
mode: <br>
-j</b>, <b>--java</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">Java mode: generate a Java
ResourceBundle class</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--java2</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">like <b>--java</b>,
and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--csharp</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">C# mode: generate a .NET .dll
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--csharp-resources</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">C# resources mode: generate a
.NET .resources file</p>

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<p><b>--tcl</b></p></td>
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<p>Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file</p></td>
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<p><b>--qt</b></p></td>
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<p>Qt mode: generate a Qt .qm file</p></td>
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<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--desktop</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">Desktop Entry mode: generate a
.desktop file</p>

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<p><b>--xml</b></p></td>
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<p>XML mode: generate XML file</p></td>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location: <br>
-o</b>,
<b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">enable strict Uniforum mode</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If output file
is -, output is written to standard output.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location in Java mode: <br>
-r</b>,
<b>--resource</b>=<i>RESOURCE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">resource name</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-l</b>,
<b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
language_COUNTRY</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--source</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">produce a .java file, instead
of a .class file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of classes
directory hierarchy</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The class name
is determined by appending the locale name to the resource
name, separated with an underscore. The <b>-d</b>
option is mandatory. The class is written under the
specified directory.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location in C# mode: <br>
-r</b>,
<b>--resource</b>=<i>RESOURCE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">resource name</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-l</b>,
<b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
language_COUNTRY</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory for locale
dependent .dll files</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
<b>-l</b> and <b>-d</b> options are mandatory.
The .dll file is written in a subdirectory of the specified
directory whose name depends on the locale.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location in Tcl mode: <br>
-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
language_COUNTRY</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .msg message
catalogs</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
<b>-l</b> and <b>-d</b> options are mandatory.
The .msg file is written in the specified directory.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Desktop
Entry mode options: <br>
-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
language_COUNTRY</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>,
<b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--template</b>=<i>TEMPLATE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">a .desktop file used as a
template</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .po files</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-kWORD</b>,
<b>--keyword</b>=<i>WORD</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">look for WORD as an additional
keyword</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-k</b>,
<b>--keyword</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not to use default
keywords</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
<b>-l</b>, <b>-o</b>, and
<b>--template</b> options are mandatory. If
<b>-D</b> is specified, input files are read from the
directory instead of the command line arguments.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>XML mode
options: <br>
-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
language_COUNTRY</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-L</b>,
<b>--language</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">recognise the specified XML
language</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>,
<b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--template</b>=<i>TEMPLATE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">an XML file used as a
template</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .po files</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
<b>-l</b>, <b>-o</b>, and
<b>--template</b> options are mandatory. If
<b>-D</b> is specified, input files are read from the
directory instead of the command line arguments.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
syntax: <br>
-P</b>,
<b>--properties-input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in Java
.properties syntax</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in
NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
interpretation: <br>
-c</b>, <b>--check</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">perform all the checks implied
by <b>--check-format</b>,
<b>--check-header</b>,
<b>--check-domain</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-format</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">check language dependent format
strings</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-header</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">verify presence and contents of
the header entry</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-domain</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">check for conflicts between
domain directives and the
<b>--output-file</b> option</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-C</b>,
<b>--check-compatibility</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">check that GNU msgfmt behaves
like X/Open msgfmt</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-accelerators</b>[=<i>CHAR</i>]</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">check presence of keyboard
accelerators for menu items</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>,
<b>--use-fuzzy</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use fuzzy entries in output</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
details: <br>
-a</b>,
<b>--alignment</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">align strings to NUMBER bytes
(default: 1)</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--endianness</b>=<i>BYTEORDER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out 32-bit numbers
in the given byte order (big or little, default depends on
platform)</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-hash</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">binary file will not include
the hash table</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative
output: <br>
-h</b>, <b>--help</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>,
<b>--version</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and
exit</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--statistics</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">print statistics about
translations</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-v</b>,
<b>--verbose</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">increase verbosity level</p>

<h2>AUTHOR
<a name="AUTHOR"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
Ulrich Drepper.</p>

<h2>REPORTING BUGS
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</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in
the bug tracker at
&lt;https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext&gt; or by
email to &lt;bug-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>

<h2>COPYRIGHT
<a name="COPYRIGHT"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
&copy; 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
&lt;https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt; <br>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.</p>

<h2>SEE ALSO
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</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full
documentation for <b>msgfmt</b> is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgfmt</b> programs are
properly installed at your site, the command</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
msgfmt</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
access to the complete manual.</p>
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